See OneRepublic LIVE in SA for the Native World Tour

Presented by Big Concerts, M-Net and 94.7 Highveld Stereo, OneRepublic will be performing live in South Africa this June.

With performances at the Dome in Johannesburg (19 June 2015) and the Grand Arena in Cape Town (21 June 2015), it’s time to get your OneRepublic tickets and prepare for an unforgettable night.

Who is OneRepublic?

Hailing from Colorado Springs, Colorado, OneRepublic is an American Pop Rock band formed back in 2002 by Zach Filkins and Ryan Tedder. The true origin of this chart topping band however starts way back in 1996.

Tedder and Filkins, who attended the same high school in Colorado Springs, was discussing their favourite musicians on a drive home. They were inspired and decided to start their own band – This Beautiful Mess. With the help of musical friends, This Beautiful Mess performed a couple of gigs and, when graduation swung around, Tedder and Filkins parted ways, attending different colleges.

Signing with Sony BMG’s Columbia label in 2003, the band worked hard, but by 2005, on a return from a performance at Coachella, the group learned that they had been dropped by their label.

Despite being dropped, the band has a huge following on MySpace. This popularity was further boosted by Ryan Tedder’s song writing skills, penning songs for artist like Hilary Duff and Blake Lewis.

Hip-hop producer, Timbaland, who had already worked with Ryan Tedder for a number of years, noticed the band’s audience and signed the band to his Mosley Music Group, a joint venture with Interscope Records.

‘Apologize’ was remixed and included on Timbaland’s own 2007 album – Timbaland Presents Shock Value. ‘Apologize’ took off and reached platinum-selling single success in a number of countries. It broke airplay records in the United Kingdom and sold 4.3 million digital downloads in the United States alone.

2007 also saw this alternative rock band release their own album – Dreaming Out Loud – filled with pop-rock melodies and stunning piano-filled song writing. Needless to say, the album quickly went Gold with ‘Apologize’ still topping Singles Charts in a number of countries.

The album also earned OneRepublic a Grammy nomination and achieved number one success in 16 countries.

Ryan Tedder became one of the most celebrated song writers of 2007 with his track ‘Bleeding Love’ for Leona Lewis also achieving great success.

In 2008, this alternative rock band started writing new songs for their second album, later escaping to Colorado Springs to avoid distraction. In September 2009 the album’s lead single. ‘Waking Up’ hit radios and by November we were swept off our feet by the complete album, ‘Waking Up’.

The band returned in 2013 with their third studio album – Native. Also the title of the band’s world tour, featuring the singles ‘If I Lose Myself’ and ‘Feel Again’.

Chart Topping Success from OneRepublic

‘Stop and Stare’ from the 2007 studio album ‘Dreaming Out Loud’ spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, with its highest position for the stay at number 12.

‘All The Right Moves’ from the 2008 album ‘Waking Up’ spent a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, reaching its peak at number 23. ‘Secrets’ from the same album, spent 12 weeks on the Hot 100 Chart, gaining a peak position at number 26.

The ‘Waking Up’ album saw even more success with the single ‘Good Life’, which spent a total of 35 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart reaching a peak position of number 8.

The band’s third studio album, Native, has also seen Billboard Hot 100 Chart success with ‘Feel Again’ spending five weeks on the chart (reaching a peak position of 61) and ‘If I Lose Myself’ spending two weeks on the charts (reaching a peak position of 74).’

‘Counting Stars’ has experienced massive success on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, spending 29 weeks on the chart and reaching a peak position of number 2. ‘Love Runs Out’, also from the Native album, spent 11 weeks on the Hot 100 Charts, reaching a peak position of 15.

‘I Lived’ also achieved success on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, reaching a peak position of 32 and spending eight weeks on the chart.

Native – The album and the Tour

In order to create a “boundary-pushing” follow up to their 2009 album, OneRepublic travelled to a number of countries (including Seattle, Paris, Vancouver, London, Paris and New York) during the creation of ‘Native’, which debuted at number four on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.

The Native Tour is the band’s largest tour to date, playing over 185 performances, with events in Johannesburg and Cape Town being two of those. Featuring Gangs of Ballet as their opening act, OneRepublic will be performing in Johannesburg on Friday, the 19th of June, 2015.

Cape Town will also get a chance to see the superstars on stage on Sunday, the 21st of June, 2015, at the Grand Arena.

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